Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeBoris Johnson's spokesman today refused to give any update from the Prime Minister on the Covid surge in the UK, despite it being five days since the Prime Minister last spoke. But despite mounting fears he will have to delay England's June 21 lockdown easing, No10 could give no update from the PM today. Instead, the Prime Minister's deputy official spokesman repeatedly pointed back to Boris Johnson ’s comments last Thursday, and offered no further update. No decisions have been made - we’ll only do that based on the latest and most accurate data.”It comes days after ex-aide Dominic Cummings accused Boris Johnson of being absent from key decisions at the start of the pandemic. “The basic thought was that in February the Prime Minister regarded this as just a scare story,” said Mr Cummings.

Source: Daily Mirror June 01, 2021 12:31 UTC